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Antiparasitics Flashcards

1
Q 
DOC: Ascariasis
Ascaris lumbricoides (roundworm)
A

Albendazole, pyrantel pamoate or mebendazole

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DOC  Enterobiasis
Enterobius vermicularis (pinworm)
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Mebendazole or pyrantel pamoate

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DOC Trichuriasis
Trichuris trichiuria (whipworm)
A

Mebendazole or albendazole

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DOC Hookworm disease
Ancylostoma duodenale, Necator
americanus (hookworm)

A

Pyrantel pamoate or mebendazole or albendazole

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DOC Onchocerciasis (River Blindness)
Onchocerca volvulus
A

Ivermectin

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DOC cutanteous larva migrans (creeping eruption, dog and cat hookworm)
Anylostoma sp

A

Albendazole and ivermectin

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DOC Trichinosis

Trichinella spiralis

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Albendazole or mebendazole; add corticosteriods for severe infection

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DOC Lymphatic filariasis

Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi

A

Diethylcarbamazine

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DOC Loiasis
Loa loa (African eye worm)
A

Diethylcarbamazine

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DOC Strongyloidiasis
Strongyloides stercoralis (threadworm)
A

Ivermectin

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DOC Fasciola hepatica (liver fluke)

A

Bithionol

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DOC Schistosomiasis
Schistosoma mansomi, Schistosoma japonicum,
Schistosoma hematobium

A

Praziquantel

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DOC Clonorchis sinensis (oriental liver fluke)

A

Praziquantel

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Paragonimus westermani (lung fluke)

A

Praziquantel

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DOC Echinococcosis
Echinococcus granulosus (dog tapeworm)
A

Albendazole

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Q 
DOC Taeniasis 
Taenia solium (pork tapeworm)
A

Praziquantel or Niclosamide

17
Q 
DOC Taeniasis
Taenia saginata (beef tapeworm)
A

Praziquantel or Niclosamide

18
Q

DOC Cysticercosis

Taenia solium larvae

A

Albendazole or praziquantel

19
Q 
DOC Diphyllobothriasis
Diphyllobothrium latum (fish tapeworm)
A

Praziquantel or Niclosamide

20
Q

Drug of choice for infections by
Giardia lamblia
, Trichomonas
vaginalis

A

Metronidazole

21
Q

DOC Trypanosomiasis

African sleeping sickness

A

Melarsoprol or suramin

22
Q

DOC Hemolymphatic stage of
trypanosomiasis and for Pneumocystic
jiroveci infections

A

Pentamidine

23
Q

DOC Treatment of toxoplasmosis

toxoplasmic encephalitis

A

Pyrimethamine + clindamycin or sulfadiazine or folinic

24
Q

DOC Treatment of leishmaniasis (all stages)

A

Sodium stibogluconate / amphoteracin

B

25
Q

Drugs of choice in Pneumocystic

jiroveci infections

A

Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole

cotrimoxazole

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